CN101943962A - Portable electronic device with touch key - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a portable electronic device with a touch key. The device comprises a lateral touch unit, a signal sensing unit, a processor unit and a front touch unit which are electrically connected sequentially, wherein the front touch unit is electrically connected with the lateral touch unit and the signal sensing unit; the lateral touch unit is used for touching input information; the front touch unit is used for inputting and outputting the information; a sensing signal is acquired by touching the lateral sensing unit and the front touch unit and is transmitted to the signal sensing unit; the signal sensing unit detects position coordinate data of the lateral touch unit and the front touch unit according to the sensing signal, and transmits the position coordinate data to the processor unit; and the processor unit implements touch operation according to the coordinate data.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of portable electron device, relate in particular to a kind of portable electron device with touch controlled key.
Background technology
Continuous development along with wireless communication technology, mobile phone, personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA) etc. portable electron device has become indispensable instrument in people's life, and the import pathway of its function and information is more and more abundanter.In order to cooperate the realization of various functions, function button corresponding with it must be set, by operating this button to realize its corresponding information input.
Along with portable electronic function expansion now, the number of keys that is provided with on it also day by day increases.Yet each button all has certain volume and weight, and volume and weight that too much button must increase portable electron device are set, and does not meet the development trend of portable electron device " compact ", and can increase manufacturing cost.In order to address the above problem, cooperate portable electron device to increase the growth requirement of screen area simultaneously, existing portable electron device has extensively adopted touch control display screen, replaces physical button with the screen that can directly carry out touch control operation.But, the electronic installation of most existing use Touch Screens only replaces its positive physical button with Touch Screen, and the button of its side such as common mobile phone volume operating key etc. still adopt traditional physical button, obviously fail to reduce fully the volume and the weight of electronic installation.
Summary of the invention
At the problems referred to above, be necessary to provide a kind of portable electron device with touch controlled key that can reduce volume and weight more fully.
A kind of portable electron device with touch controlled key, it comprise successively the side touch control unit that electrically connects, a signal sensing unit, a processor unit and one with the front touch control unit of side touch control unit and the electric connection of signal sensing unit.This side touch control unit is used for the touch-control input information, and this front touch control unit is used for input and output information.Obtain sensing signal and this sensing signal is transferred to the signal sensing unit by touching this side sensing cell and front touch control unit, the signal sensing unit detects the position coordinate data of side touch control unit and front touch control unit and transmits it to processor unit according to this sensing signal, and processor unit is realized touch control operation according to this coordinate data.
Compared to prior art, described side touch control unit and the shared signal sensing unit of front touch control unit with portable electron device of touch controlled key, finish touch-control by the side touch control unit and import various control informations, and under the control of processor unit, finish various feature operations, replaced the physical button of this portable electron device side.So, this portable electron device can save the button of its side, has reduced the volume and the weight of this portable electron device, has satisfied consumer demand
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Fig. 1 has the functional block diagram of the portable electron device preferred embodiment of touch controlled key for the present invention.
Fig. 2 has the front schematic view of the portable electron device preferred embodiment of touch controlled key for the present invention.
Fig. 3 has the STRUCTURE DECOMPOSITION figure of side touch control unit of the portable electron device of touch controlled key for the present invention.
Fig. 4 is the sectional view after side touch control unit shown in Figure 3 is assembled.
Embodiment
See also Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of portable electron device 100 with touch controlled key, and it can be electronic installations such as mobile phone, PDA, and this preferred embodiment is that example is illustrated with the mobile phone.
Described portable electron device 100 comprises a housing 10, a side touch control unit 20, a front touch control unit 30, a resnstance transformer unit 40, a signal sensing unit 50 and a processor unit 60.Described side touch control unit 20 and front touch control unit 30 are embedded on the housing 10, and described resnstance transformer unit 40, signal sensing unit 50 and processor unit 60 are arranged at the inside of housing 10.
The periphery that described side touch control unit 20 is arranged at electronic installation 100 is fit to the optional position that the user operates, and it is used to replace and integrate the function that volume is regulated multiple traditional physical buttons such as button, the button of taking pictures, locking button, scroll button.By this side touch control unit 20 of touch control operation just can for example regulate volume, double-click, take pictures portable electron device 100 input and above-mentioned physical button instruction corresponding, the browsing page function.This side touch control unit 20 can be existing various electric resistance touch-control panel (resistive touch panel), and this preferred embodiment is that example is illustrated with four-wire type resistance contact panel.When the user controls with finger touches, judge the coordinate of touch position by the magnitude of voltage variation of touch position, thereby carry out corresponding touch control operation.
See also Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, described side touch control unit 20 comprises a superficial layer 21, one first touch-control conducting film 22, one second touch-control conducting film, 23, one some septs (Spacer) 24 and a substrate 25.This superficial layer 21 is the insulativity layer material of a high transmission rate, can select glass, polycarbonate (Polycarbonate for use, PC), polyester (Polyethylene Terephthalate, PET), polymethyl methacrylate (Polymethyl Methacrylate, PMMA) or cycloolefin co-polymer membraneous materials such as (Cyclic Olefin Copolymer).A cure process (Hard Coat) operation can be passed through in the surface that is used for user's touch control operation in this superficial layer 21, to strengthen this skin hardness and to avoid scratch and wearing and tearing.
Described first touch-control conducting film 22 and the second touch-control conducting film, 23 optional usefulness have excellent conductive performance, low-impedance transparent membrane, for example tin indium oxide (Indium Tin Oxide, ITO) film.This first touch-control conducting film 22 and the second touch-control conducting film 23 are glued at the apparent surface of superficial layer 21 and substrate 25 respectively, and are provided as X conductive layer and Y conductive layer respectively.A pair of parallel electrodes 222,224 is formed in the first touch-control conducting film 22 and the second touch-control conducting film, 23 facing surfaces, and is positioned at the relative both sides of the first touch-control conducting film 22, and this two electrode 222,224 can be set to exit X-, X+ respectively.Another is formed in the second touch-control conducting film 23 and the first touch-control conducting film, 22 facing surfaces parallel electrodes 232,234, and be positioned at the relative both sides of this conducting film 23, this two electrode 232,234 can be set to exit Y-, Y+ respectively, and all vertical with electrode 222,224.The periphery of these two conducting films, 22,23 configuring areas is provided with the insulation cementing layer and will glues together winding each other and become a transparent plate body.
Described some septs 24 can be made by insulating material such as plastics, and it is arranged between the first touch-control conducting film 22 and the second touch-control conducting film 23, guarantee to have between the two one fixing between distance, avoid the phenomenon that is short-circuited.The Thickness Design that is appreciated that the described first touch-control conducting film 22, the second touch-control conducting film 23 and some septs 24 gets less, can improve the sensing precision like this, also helps reducing the volume and weight of this side touch control unit 20.Described substrate 25 can be selected the transparent plate with hard rigid material for use, for example clear glass, acryl (Acrylic) plate, polyester sheet etc., and it is used to carry above-mentioned layers of material and the whole transparent plate body that forms.
Described front touch control unit 30 can be by existing contact panel (Touch Panel) in conjunction with LCD (Liquid Crystal Display, LCD) or cathode-ray tube (CRT) (Cathode Ray Tube, CRT) display is as user's information input and output interface.This front touch control unit 30 is arranged at housing 10 fronts of portable electron device 100, is used to show the various information and the operational order of above-mentioned electronic installation 100.Contact panel in the described front touch control unit 30 is selected the identical electric resistance touch-control panel of principle of work with above-mentioned side touch control unit 20 for use, and this preferred embodiment is that example is illustrated with four-wire type resistance contact panel also.This front touch control unit 30 also has four exit X-, X+, Y-, Y+, by the coordinate of sensing X, Y both direction, can be implemented in and touch control in the two dimensional surface.
In addition, in actual applications, the function of the side press-key of portable electron device 100 generally is that volume is regulated, taken pictures, locking, scroll-up/down etc., and it only need move back and forth on the one dimension direction can finish above-mentioned functions.Therefore in this preferred embodiment, side touch control unit 20 can be set to only provide the mobile control of one dimension directions such as sliding up and down, double-click, click, so, this side touch control unit 20 only needs to carry out the coordinate detecting of a direction, in actual manufacture process, exit Y-, the Y+ of side touch control unit 20 can be connected with exit Y-, the Y+ of front touch control unit 30 respectively, its exit X+ measures the voltage of output side touch control unit 20 contact points, unsettled the getting final product of another exit X-.
The described resnstance transformer unit 40 optional resistance corrective networks of using, exit Y-, the Y+ of itself and side touch control unit 20 electrically connects.Because the area of this side touch control unit 20 is less, less at the first touch-control conducting film 22 with the resistance that the second touch-control conducting film 23 produces, and cause the touching signals that produces less, be unfavorable for definite elements of a fix.This resnstance transformer unit 40 is used to compensate the resistance of the first touch-control conducting film 22 and the second touch-control conducting film 23, helps increasing the voltage of touching signals, improves bearing accuracy.
Described signal sensing unit 50 can be selected existing touch chip (Touch IC) for use, as the TSC2007IYZ6T chip of TI company.This signal sensing unit 50 electrically connects with exit X+, Y-, the Y+ of side touch control unit 20 and front touch control unit 30, and electrically connects with the exit X-of front touch control unit 30 simultaneously.The sensing signal that these signal sensing unit 50 reception side touch control units 20 and front touch control unit 30 send (as, electric potential signal), detect the position coordinates of side touch control unit 20 and front touch control unit 30 according to this sensing signal, and this coordinate position data is transferred to processor unit 60.
This processor unit 60 receives above-mentioned coordinate data, and produces the touch control operation of corresponding user's touch position according to this coordinate data on side touch control unit 20 and front touch control unit 30, as the adjusting volume, click, browsing page etc.This processor unit 60 can (Central Process Unit CPU) integrates, and is stored with the control program of realizing side touch control unit 20 and front touch control unit 30 touch control operations with the central processing unit of electronic installation 100.The electric supply installation of this portable electron device 100 can be selected existing lithium battery etc. for use, and its whole work system for electronic installation 100 provides the electric energy support.
When using this portable electron device 100 with two touch-control inputs, when touch control operation front touch control unit 30 produces a sensing signal, this sensing signal can be realized the operating function of touch-control display screen via signal sensing unit 50 and processor unit 60, for example, Query Information, search telephone number, function setting etc.As user during with finger touch front side touch control unit 20, can cause the potential change of touch position and send a sensing signal, signal sensing unit 50 receives this sensing signal, and detect the position coordinates of side touch control unit 20 according to this sensing signal, then with the data transmission of this coordinate position to processor unit 60, processor unit 60 receives above-mentioned coordinate data, and on side touch control unit 20, produce the touch control operation of corresponding user's touch position according to this coordinate data, as regulate volume, click, browsing page etc.So, just can realize the operation of replacing key-press input function corresponding by front side touch control unit 20, and this side touch control unit 20 and front touch control unit 30 shared signal sensing unit 50 make this portable electron device 100 have the function of two touch-control inputs.
The present invention has in the preferred embodiment of portable electron device 100 of touch controlled key, the side touch control unit 20 of this portable electron device 100 and front touch control unit 30 shared signal sensing unit 50, finish touch-control by side touch control unit 20 and import various control informations, and under the control of processor unit 60, finish various feature operations, replaced the physical button of these portable electron device 100 sides.So, this portable electron device 100 can save the button of its side, has reduced the volume and the weight of this portable electron device 100, has satisfied consumer demand.
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1. portable electron device with touch controlled key is characterized in that: this portable electron device comprise the side touch control unit that electrically connects successively, a signal sensing unit, a processor unit and one with the front touch control unit of side touch control unit and the electric connection of signal sensing unit; This side touch control unit is used for the touch-control input information, and this front touch control unit is used for input and output information; Obtain sensing signal and this sensing signal is transferred to the signal sensing unit by touching this side sensing cell and front touch control unit, the signal sensing unit detects the position coordinate data of side touch control unit and front touch control unit and transmits it to processor unit according to this sensing signal, and processor unit is realized touch control operation according to this coordinate data.
2. the portable electron device with touch controlled key as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described front touch control unit comprises a contact panel, and this contact panel is the resistance type touch control screen with identical principle of work with the side touch control unit.
3. the portable electron device with touch controlled key as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: described portable electron device comprises a resnstance transformer unit that electrically connects with side touch control unit and front touch control unit, this resnstance transformer unit strengthens the sensing signal of side touch control unit, so that improve the touch-control bearing accuracy.
4. the portable electron device with touch controlled key as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that: described portable electron device comprises a housing, described side touch control unit and front touch control unit are embedded in this housing, and described resnstance transformer unit, signal sensing unit and processor unit are arranged in this housing.
5. the portable electron device with touch controlled key as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described portable electron device further comprises an electric supply installation, and this electric supply installation provides electric energy for above-mentioned portable electron device.
6. the portable electron device with touch controlled key as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: above-mentioned signal sensing unit is converted to corresponding coordinate data with the sensing signal of side touch control unit, and processor unit is handled this coordinate data and realized the touch control operation of side touch control unit in a latitude direction.
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